Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is a master at building an image of himself as a political ‘outsider’ and an iconic leader.
Chinese film and literature shows that ordinary Chinese people’s view of Taiwan are not as homogeneous as often assumed.
The Australia-Taiwan story is one of shared democratic values and interconnected diasporic communities.
Can cross-strait travel between mainland China and Taiwan be used to promote Beijing’s view that Taiwan is Chinese territory and to push for unification?
Chinese has been the most dominant language in Taiwan for most of the last 400 years, but the historical significance of Japanese is profound.
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